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 | | |  | | Friend, I want to take a moment to say thank you. This isn't the result we'd hoped for, but I'm incredibly proud of this grassroots team. | | We knew when we set off on this reelection campaign that this was going to be a tough race – the toughest race of my career in fact. | | When Ohioans first sent me to the Senate in 2007, I got to work right away, and I've spent every day since fighting for Ohio workers and their families. | | Because I believe that when you love this country, you fight for the people who make it work. | | I've never been afraid to stand up to corporations and special interests to level the playing field for Ohioans – taking on everyone from Wall Street to Big Pharma. And I'm proud to have worked with both parties to pass some of the most significant legislation in recent years to hold corporations accountable. | | I want to say my biggest thank you to the good folks of Ohio who trusted me to represent them in the U.S. Senate for these last 18 years. | | And I'll continue to work for the good folks of Ohio because that's what this movement has always been about – fighting for folks like you, friend. | | So whether you've been with me since my first campaign many years ago or just joined our fight for the Dignity of Work in the last few days, weeks, or months, thank you for being in this with me. | | If you'd let me, I'd like to leave you with a quick story: You might have noticed, but where most of my colleagues wear the official Senate pin, I wear a pin depicting a canary in a birdcage. It's a reminder of how far we've come fighting for the Dignity of Work and how far we still have to go.
This pin was given to me two decades ago by a Lorain steelworker at a Workers' Memorial Day rally. I proudly wear it every day on the lapel of my suits – because it represents all of us.
In the early days of the 20th century, coal miners had to take a canary down into the mines to warn them of poisonous gas. Those workers didn't have a union strong enough or a government that cared enough to protect them.
Over the last 100 years, we changed that. We passed worker safety laws and overtime pay. We banned child labor. We passed clean air and safe drinking water laws. We enacted Social Security and Medicare and recognized workers' rights, women's rights, and civil rights.
But progress didn't happen on its own. It happened because people like you and me stood up and demanded their government work for them. And win or lose, friend, you can bet I'll still be right there fighting alongside you. | | From the bottom of my heart, thank you. | | In solidarity,
Sherrod Brown | | | | | | |
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